10,000 posts and still counting...

November 9, 2006 5:54 AM

The 10,000 club welcomes a new member.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane (staff) to MetaFilter-Related at 5:54 AM (99 comments total)

So much for Joe Lieberman.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:55 AM on November 9, 2006

And everyone of them a gem!

Congrats!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 5:55 AM on November 9, 2006 [1 favorite]

(per Eideteker)
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:56 AM on November 9, 2006

pshaw. delmoi got to 10,000 by leaving comments 3 at a time in many threads.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 6:05 AM on November 9, 2006

you know, kind of like this...
posted by mathowie (staff) at 6:06 AM on November 9, 2006

oh and another thing... oh wait I forgot.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 6:06 AM on November 9, 2006

MeFi Contribution Index linking time.
posted by sciurus at 6:06 AM on November 9, 2006

Hah, I was just gonna do what #1 did. Great minds...
posted by OmieWise at 6:10 AM on November 9, 2006

...think alike.
posted by OmieWise at 6:10 AM on November 9, 2006

And here I am pondering if I should do anything special for my 3000th comment.
posted by loquacious at 6:11 AM on November 9, 2006

I need to crap on more threads!
posted by knave at 6:12 AM on November 9, 2006

The trick is to say something mildly contentious in your first comment, so you're justified in leaving several more in the thread and don't look like you're simply padding.

Jews did WTC
posted by cortex at 6:13 AM on November 9, 2006 [2 favorites]

you're coming down with a bad case of logorrhea. go home, lie down, cut off your fingers, take two of these, and text me in the morning.
posted by carsonb at 6:14 AM on November 9, 2006

why are we even acknowledging this?
posted by naxosaxur at 6:18 AM on November 9, 2006

why are we even acknowledging this?

It's a great way to boost your own post count, naxosaxur!
posted by Faint of Butt at 6:19 AM on November 9, 2006

Whee!
posted by Faint of Butt at 6:19 AM on November 9, 2006

yay! i love his post to comment ratio. but.. what is he doing in iowa?
posted by localhuman at 6:22 AM on November 9, 2006

How is this thread not a HIPAA violation?
posted by brain_drain at 6:23 AM on November 9, 2006 [1 favorite]

Don't encourage him.
posted by greasy_skillet at 6:27 AM on November 9, 2006

My Ask posts are threatening to pass my Blue ones.
posted by dobbs at 6:27 AM on November 9, 2006

My Metas are neck and neck with my Blues. Scary.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 6:30 AM on November 9, 2006

brain_drain, it's okay because the figures provided aren't official numbers. They're summary quotes.
posted by cortex at 6:30 AM on November 9, 2006

cortex, don't think I didn't see your controversial comment. Care to back that up, you troll?
posted by OmieWise at 6:33 AM on November 9, 2006

*hits delmoi with rolled up newspaper*

stop nipping at my heels, fucker.
posted by jonmc at 6:40 AM on November 9, 2006

.
posted by smackfu at 6:43 AM on November 9, 2006

This post sends The Wrong Message.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 6:49 AM on November 9, 2006

634 comments. And all precious snowflakes.
Motherfuckers.

Oh, and congrats delmoi.
posted by slimepuppy at 6:52 AM on November 9, 2006

Care to back that up, you troll?

See, this is what's wrong with discourse on metatalk. People don't argue substance, they just sling labels around.

Shame on you, Omie. Shame.
posted by cortex at 6:53 AM on November 9, 2006

So how long before he ruins that nice, round 10000 by posting again?
posted by Stauf at 6:56 AM on November 9, 2006

Done
posted by Kirth Gerson at 7:00 AM on November 9, 2006

We must stop him before he comments again!
posted by klangklangston at 7:01 AM on November 9, 2006

Lowest signal-to-noise ratio ever.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 7:02 AM on November 9, 2006

A, cortex, you pulchritudinousless paramecium, my shame is as boundless as your incorrectitude.
posted by OmieWise at 7:05 AM on November 9, 2006

I would presume he would have the disposition to digest 400,000 comments before tossing another in the pond? No? Damn.

delmoi got to 10,000 by leaving comments 3 at a time in many threads.

Cooldown timer? I can think of no better gift for this special occasion.
posted by prostyle at 7:08 AM on November 9, 2006

Too late. His commemorative smoking jacket and martini glass are being prepared as we speak. Amberglow, you fire up the jacuzzi and I'll send out for the hookers.

*looks at rabble from balcony through opera glasses*
posted by jonmc at 7:14 AM on November 9, 2006

I think it's interesting that some of you think 10,000 comments is something to be celebrated.
posted by crunchland at 7:20 AM on November 9, 2006

*turns to henchman*

sieze crunchland and put him in the dungeon! and refill my martini!
posted by jonmc at 7:21 AM on November 9, 2006

mathowie writes "pshaw. delmoi got to 10,000 by leaving comments 3 at a time in many threads."


So? Nu, it's a race to 10,000?

It's not as if delmoi posted this thread, claiming his laurels.

Belittle his posting style if you want (and it is kind of ad hoc), but delmoi's one reason people keep coming back to your site, Matt.
posted by orthogonality at 7:22 AM on November 9, 2006

According to the contribution index, I only need to post twice as often to be in the top 20. That's not good.
posted by cillit bang at 7:23 AM on November 9, 2006

Heh heh heh. delmoi is a member.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 7:42 AM on November 9, 2006

Belittle his posting style if you want (and it is kind of ad hoc), but delmoi's one reason people keep coming back to your site, Matt.

You take the internet so seriously, dude.
posted by smackfu at 7:44 AM on November 9, 2006

delmoi's one reason people keep coming back to your site, Matt.

"For me, MetaFilter isn't about the links, or even the discussion. It's all about the delmoi."
-Yolanda Crenwell, Housewife

"Sure, you can argue about images and newsfilter until you're blue in the face, but the one thing everyone can agree on is that delmoi is an important part of MetaFilter."
-George Vandenbosch, Farmer

"When I grow up, I'm going to marry delmoi."
-Brayden Riever, age 6

Quotes provided by Orthogonality Market Research & Solutions, LLC.

I kid because I love. And I'm putting off doing stuff.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:50 AM on November 9, 2006 [2 favorites]

You know, there was a time I was sure Miguel would never be dethroned from his perch atop the Contribution Index.
posted by languagehat at 8:06 AM on November 9, 2006

Hey jonmc, I think we used to work together at Borders in Stamford. Can this be?
posted by chillmost at 8:13 AM on November 9, 2006

If I ever make it onto the CI page, please disconnect my internet and send me outside to play.
posted by Eideteker at 8:18 AM on November 9, 2006

The only appropriate way to celebrate this occassion is with a 10,000 comment thread.
posted by textilephile at 8:23 AM on November 9, 2006

*looks at rabble from balcony through opera glasses*

*moons jonmc*
posted by NoMich at 8:29 AM on November 9, 2006

I joined three days before delmoi and just posted my 2,000th comment. I would have said that was borderline excessive; now I feel like a lazy slacker.

(Of course, it's hard to disagree with this).
posted by pardonyou? at 8:30 AM on November 9, 2006

as an essay poster, i think we should go by word count and not by post count
posted by troybob at 8:43 AM on November 9, 2006

henchman, throw NoMich in the dungeon, his ass doth not amuse.
posted by jonmc at 8:45 AM on November 9, 2006

If I ever make it onto the CI page, please disconnect my internet and send me outside to play.

If you so much as even glance at my internet connection I'm going to rip off your tits with a can opener, you fucker!
posted by loquacious at 8:45 AM on November 9, 2006

chillmost: I did indeed work there, but visiting your blog, I'm having trouble figuring out who you might be.
posted by jonmc at 8:47 AM on November 9, 2006

as an essay poster, i think we should go by word count and not by post count

See, now we're talking. (Except as an essay writer you really should embrace capital letters and punctuation. Try it! It's modern!)
posted by loquacious at 8:48 AM on November 9, 2006

I'll take the free post opportunity.

Congrats Meta on having members who are willing to post 10,000 times.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 8:48 AM on November 9, 2006

*looks up chillmost's whois info*

HOLY SHIT!! How've you been, man?

(I used to party with this crazy bastard)
posted by jonmc at 8:52 AM on November 9, 2006

Is this the part where we tell jonmc and chillmost "GYOBFW" or "take it to email"? I've been watching for ages, but I'm still trying to get the hang of how this all works.
posted by nickmark at 9:56 AM on November 9, 2006

Neither. Now is when we firmly suggest that they get a room and pelt them with a hailstorm of condoms and single-serving lube samples.
posted by loquacious at 10:00 AM on November 9, 2006

Still so much to learn...
posted by nickmark at 10:07 AM on November 9, 2006

[this is bad]

wait, where am I?
posted by bshort at 10:21 AM on November 9, 2006 [2 favorites]

Neither. Now is when we firmly suggest that they get a room and pelt them with a hailstorm of condoms and single-serving lube samples.

Who needs a room? amberglow and jon have already jumped in a jacuzzi with some hookers. I'm sure chillmost would be welcome to join them.
posted by pardonyou? at 10:39 AM on November 9, 2006

man, i haven't even read 10,000 comments
posted by poppo at 10:42 AM on November 9, 2006

You know, there was a time I was sure Miguel would never be dethroned from his perch atop the Contribution Index.

Well, it's all changed now, has it not, all these young pups, all full of themselves, yapping away, about any triviality you can think of, fuckin' little whippersnappers, disgusting it is, breeding like maggots, commenting like there's no tomorra on anything that passes their way, like fuckin' experts, they are, always full of the snark and the time of day and the latest fad - I ask you sir, languagehat my friend (for you are one of the truly knowledgeable, of sound mind and rod), is it any wonder these new fellas tot up ten thousand comments as soon as look at you? What's the fuckin' world coming to - and the Metafilter with it - I ask you?

(Mind you, that delmoi boy, he's not one of the worst, so all the best to him, fair enough - though there's not an ounce of respect in any bone of his body, sure there isn't, damn the little bastard.)
posted by MiguelCardoso at 10:49 AM on November 9, 2006

I always knew Miguel was Irish.
posted by gsteff at 10:53 AM on November 9, 2006

If you include posts from my sock puppets, I'm way over 10,000.
posted by Astro Zombie at 10:56 AM on November 9, 2006

10 is perfection; the monad of infinite expansion.
posted by xod at 11:03 AM on November 9, 2006

So, like, does Miguel read MeTa every day looking for comments about himself? That's kind of weird. Or maybe somebody e-mails Miguel whenever he's mentioned? It's like the second coming of Kibo or something.
posted by Mid at 11:49 AM on November 9, 2006

How far Miguel has come from the guy who sent me a reply in broken, barely intelligible english when I noticed he'd linked to one of my sites on hes newspaper blog those years ago. You'd hardly guess that english isn't his first language when you read his comment from today.
posted by crunchland at 12:14 PM on November 9, 2006

Miguel is Kibo. Mr. Parry, we're on to you, and your giant Hs are not welcome here.
posted by cortex at 12:15 PM on November 9, 2006

Hey Miguel, someone (you?) should really fix your Wikipedia entry. Frankly, it's a mess.

At least update your bibliography to include your newly-released A Minha Andorinha?
posted by vacapinta at 12:50 PM on November 9, 2006

is it any wonder these new fellas tot up ten thousand comments as soon as look at you?

It is not, my friend, it is not. But it is a distinct pleasure to hear (in my mind's ear) your orotund tonalities in this humble but convenient venue. À sua saúde, and sláinte!
posted by languagehat at 12:56 PM on November 9, 2006

Omie, did you call cortex an ugly bug (sort of)? Aw, that's so cute! What a cutie-pie.


"For me, MetaFilter isn't about the links, or even the discussion. It's all about the cute."
-Arcticwoman, Officewife
posted by arcticwoman at 1:18 PM on November 9, 2006

Whatever happened to the thought that delmoi was a shared username?
posted by hototogisu at 1:28 PM on November 9, 2006

Only 5,064 comments to go for me...

Actually I'm on the cusp of the 5000 mark.
posted by clevershark at 1:28 PM on November 9, 2006

Belittle his posting style if you want

That was belittling? ortho, your chip is showing.
posted by mediareport at 1:31 PM on November 9, 2006

I have been to Iowa and understand why delmoi has turned to the internet for a life.
posted by Cranberry at 1:45 PM on November 9, 2006

I do admit that during one of delmoi's more frantic days it does seem as if every post on the front page ends with the sentence "So, delmoi, what's your opinion?"
posted by vacapinta at 1:52 PM on November 9, 2006

I want a recount.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 2:07 PM on November 9, 2006

At my current rate of commenting, it will take me another 22 years to reach 10,000 comments. I'm just going have to quit my job and start posting full time.
posted by octothorpe at 2:31 PM on November 9, 2006

Wake me up when delmoi hits 10,000 FFPs.
posted by fixedgear at 2:43 PM on November 9, 2006

Hey vacapinta, I helped out with the wikipedia page you had issues with, in part so I was fully justified in saying 'Why couldn't you do it yourself?'. And I wasn't confident enough to change "chronics " to comics, although I assume it must mean that. Could you fix that for me?
posted by jacalata at 2:51 PM on November 9, 2006

Yeah I'd been planning to wait for some thread about the democrats winning, but there wasn't really any one thread. Then I forgot and posted a throw away line about Joe Lieberman. *sigh*.
posted by delmoi at 3:13 PM on November 9, 2006

Between a username somewhere in the 4400s and this one, I have posted less than 1000 comments to Mefi. I'll die before hitting 10,000. Yes.
posted by weretable and the undead chairs at 3:53 PM on November 9, 2006

Fucking postcount++, even here. I am killing you with the Power of My Mind.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:28 PM on November 9, 2006

weretable = ?

Come on, that's a self-outing.
posted by Mid at 4:55 PM on November 9, 2006

I just cracked 400 comments. What do I win?
posted by Effigy2000 at 7:14 PM on November 9, 2006

*sighs wearily, undoes his belt*
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:22 PM on November 9, 2006

*sits down to watch The 400 Blows*
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:25 PM on November 9, 2006 [1 favorite]

Weretable is one of these johnny-come-lately members who ruined MeFi. Back in my day, this was the place to be but by the time THOSE people showed up, well lets just say it the property value went down.

:P
posted by ernie at 7:28 PM on November 9, 2006

Uh, interpret that however you wish.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:28 PM on November 9, 2006

I wish that many words in so many comments could span the gaps between fellow souls, but I'm doubtful anything has been accomplished. I sure hope so, though.
posted by attackthetaxi at 7:36 PM on November 9, 2006

At my current posting rate, I'll have to live to 104 to hit 10,000 comments.

*stocks up on yogurt, tofu and broccoli*

*reconsiders ...*
posted by Quietgal at 7:48 PM on November 9, 2006

rediculous.
posted by exlotuseater at 10:53 PM on November 9, 2006

helarious
posted by Wolof at 11:07 PM on November 9, 2006

seriously though, congrats--and don't let spellcheck get in the way of the blazing posting speed . . . . .
I'm kidding! I can't hold a candle to your prolificacy.
posted by exlotuseater at 11:10 PM on November 9, 2006

posted by exlotuseater at 11:10 PM on November 9, 2006

I'm kidding!

I'm not.
posted by Wolof at 11:42 PM on November 9, 2006

What's a FFP?
posted by Kirth Gerson at 4:01 AM on November 10, 2006

"For me, MetaFilter isn't about the links, or even the discussion. It's all about the cute."
-Arcticwoman, Officewife

I'm glad I could provide.
posted by jonmc at 6:21 AM on November 10, 2006

FFP == Fast Fourier Post, of course!
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 3:42 PM on November 10, 2006